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How the Monsanto Protection Act snuck into law
A provison that protects the biotech giant from litigation passed Congress without many members knowing about it Original post on salon.com Comments on reddit.com
Websites Can Legally Pirate Porn Movies, Prosecutors Rule
For years Japan’s leading producers of pornographic movies have been battling to protect their content overseas. In particular they have focused on Taiwan where websites openly sell their videos and TV channels air their content without permission. The studios eventually took legal action, but to no avail. This week prosecutors made the decision not to prosecute any of the alleged pirates, ruling that since pornography is obscene it isn’t worthy of copyright protection. Original post on torrentfreak.com Comments on reddit.com
Supreme Court rules against publisher on copyright protections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Tuesday said U.S. copyright holders cannot block the resale inside the country of products they make elsewhere, a major case affecting the annual importation Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
How AT&T Is Planning to Rob Americans of an Open Public Telco Network – Wired Opinion
AT&T has a sneaky plan. It wants to exploit a loophole in the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s rules to kill what remains of the public telecommunications network — and all of the consumer protections that go with it. Original post on wired.com Comments on reddit.com
Pope will have security, immunity by remaining in the Vatican
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Benedict’s decision to live in the Vatican after he resigns will provide him with security and privacy. It will also offer legal protection from any attempt to prosecute him Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
Chris Dodd Sounding Like A Broken Recording Industry
Ever since the failure of SOPA, MPAA boss Chris Dodd has been making the rounds, giving the same damn stump speech over and over again. We’ve reported on it before, but he’s done it again, this time at the National Press Club. As the… Original post on techdirt.com Comments on reddit.com
NDAA Indefinite Detention Provision Mysteriously Stripped From Bill
WASHINGTON — Congress stripped a provision Tuesday from a defense bill that aimed to shield Americans from the possibility of being imprisoned indefinitely without trial by the military. The provision was replaced with a passage that appears to give citizens little protection from indefinite detention. Original post on huffingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
BBC News – Virtual cash exchange becomes bank
A currency exchange that specialises in the virtual currency known as bitcoins has won the right to operate as a bank. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Where Ban Ki-Moon Meets Pink Floyd
Sigal Samuel reports on the United Nations’ self-critique, and the rock star who brought it home. Original post on thedailybeast.com Comments on reddit.com
How 4 Microsoft engineers proved that the “darknet” would defeat DRM
And how they nearly got fired for it. Original post on arstechnica.com Comments on reddit.com
Their Problem With Elizabeth Warren
Republicans want to keep Ms. Warren off the Senate banking committee. But too bad. Her expertise makes her perfectly suited for the panel. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
EFF Wins Renewal of Smartphone Jailbreaking Rights Plus New Legal Protections for Video Remixing – Electronic Frontier Foundation
Chinese companies can sue BC for changing course on Northern Gateway, says policy expert
Beth Hong The Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Act (FIPPA), which will come into effect at the end of October, is Canada’s biggest foreign trade treaty since NAFTA. What are its implications for BC? Original post on observer.com Comments on reddit.com
Facebook to delete all European facial recognition data
Facebook has complied with most, but not all, of the recommendations that the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) set last year, the agency said Friday. Original post on computerworld.com Comments on reddit.com
The Internet Association Announces Members and Policy Platform
Facebook, Zynga, eBay, Amazon and more join The Internet Association, which will lobby for web protection and progression in Washington. Original post on inc.com Comments on reddit.com
Cops might finally need a warrant to read your Gmail
Major surveillance law change arrives in the Senate—and it might well pass. Original post on arstechnica.com Comments on reddit.com
Republican Party Platforms: Republican Party Platform of 1956
The American Presidency Project contains the most comprehensive collection of resources pertaining to the study of the President of the United States. Compiled by John Woolley and Gerhard Peters Original post on ucsb.edu Comments on reddit.com
German officials reopen inquiry into Facebook facial recognition – latimes.com
A German data protection official has reopened an investigation into Facebook’s facial recognition technology. Original post on latimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Germany: Facebook must destroy facial recognition database – Ars Technica
Says opt-out mechanism violates European Union law. Original post on arstechnica.com Comments on reddit.com
Judge rules Facebook “Like” button unprotected speech – NBC12.com – Richmond, VA News, Weather, Traffic & Sports
Attorneys for facebook and the ACLU want a federal appeals court in Richmond to rule that clicking the like button is free speech- protected by the constitution. Original post on nbc12.com Comments on reddit.com
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This Pictures: Dolphins and Whales Hunted Despite Protection – National Geographic
Japan, Norway, and Iceland have controversial whaling programs, while indigenous people harvest small numbers of cetaceans around the world. Original post on nationalgeographic.com Comments on digg.com
Privacy and Security Fanatic: EFF: Americans may not realize it, but many are in a face recognition database now
EFF Staff Attorney Jennifer Lynch testified that although Original post on networkworld.com Comments on reddit.com
How America Managed To Turn Going To College Into A Bad Investment
Suze Orman is a badass. Never thought I’d type that sentence. Original post on upworthy.com Comments on reddit.com
Majority of Chinese Prioritize Environment Over Economy
Fifty-seven percent of Chinese adults say environmental protection should be given priority, even at the risk of curbing economic growth. Less than half of residents in the country’s biggest cities are satisfied with their air quality. Original post on gallup.com Comments on reddit.com
Bill to Strengthen Whistleblower Protections Advances – Secrecy News
Last week the House Oversight Committee reported out the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, a bill that is intended to increase protections for Original post on fas.org Comments on reddit.com
EU Pirate Party Offered Copyright Platform – ExtraTorrent.com The World’s Largest BitTorrent System
Christian Engstrom the Pirate Party MEP with its founder Rick Falkvinge are trying to offer a better alternative to ACTA treaty by releasing The Case For Copyright Reform which is a 107-page e-Book explaining the Partys vision for reconciling copyright protection with online sharing. Th… Original post on extratorrent.com Comments on reddit.com
Firefox to introduce click-to-play option to protect against dangerous plugins – Naked Security
Mozilla developer Jared Wein is introducing a new security feature to Firefox 14 called click-to-play. Plugins will not load automatically when visiting websites using things like Flash and Java requiring the user to click before the content is loaded. This could prevent many common drive-by attacks on the web. Original post on sophos.com Comments on reddit.com